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% or convenient for the construction, use, supply, maintenance, repair, and improvement of said works, including works constructed and being constructed by private owners, lands for reservoirs for storage of necessary water, and all necessary appurtenances, and also where necessary or convenient to said end, and for said purposes and uses, to acquire and hold the stock of corporations, domestic or foreign, owning water or water rights, canals, water works, franchises, concessions, or rights; to enter into and do any acts necessary or proper for the performance of any agreement with the United States, or any state, county, district of any kind, public or private corpor-^ ation, association, firm or individual, or any number of them for the joint acquisition, construction, leasing, ownership, disposition, use, management, maintenance, repair, or operation of any rights, works, or other property of a kind which might be lawfully acquired or owned by said water district; to acquire the right to store water in any reservoirs, or to carry water through any canal, ditch or conduit not owned or con­trolled by the district; to grant to any owner or lessee the right to the use of any water or right to store such water in any reservoir of the district; or to carry such water through any tunnel, canal, ditch, or conduit of the district; to enter into and do any acts necessary or proper for the performance of any agreement with any district of any kind, public or private corporation, association, firm, or individual, or any number of them, for the transfer or delivery to any such district, corporation, association, firm, or individual of any water right or water pumped, stored, appro­priated, or otherwise acquired or secured for the use of the said district, or for the purpose of exchanging the same for other water, water right, or water supply in exchange for water, water right, or water supply to be delivered to said district by the other party to said agreement; to cooperate with, and to act in conjunction with, the State of Nevada, or any of its engineers, officers, boards, commissions, depart­ments, or agencies, or with the government of the United States, or any of its engin­eers, officers, boards, commissions, departments, or agencies, or with any public or private corporation, in the construction of any work for the importation and distri­bution of water of said district, or for the protection of life or property therein, or for the purpose of conserving said water for beneficial use within said district, or in any other works, acts, or purposes provided for herein, and to adopt and carry out any definite plan or system of work for any such purpose. 9. To carry on technical and other investigations of all kinds, make measurements, collect data, and make analyses, studies, and inspections pertaining to water supply, water rights, control of floods and use of water, both within and without said district, and for this purpose said district shall have the right of access through its authorized representative to all lands and premises within.,s^ididistirict. 10. To incur indebtedness and to issue bonds in the manner herein provided. 11. To cause taxes to be levied and collected for the purpose of paying any obligation of the district during its organizational stage, including necessary engineering costs and further to assist in the operational expenses of said district until such taxes are no longer required therefor. 12. To supplement the ground water resources of Las Vegas valley by the importation and use of the waters of Lake Mead, under the Nevada allocation, for industrial, irrigation, municipal, and domestic uses. 13. To make contracts, and to employ labor, and to do all acts necessary for the full exercise of all powers vested in said district, or any of the officers thereof, by this act. 14. To supply water under contract, agreement, or in other legal manner to the United States of America, or any department thereof, the State of Nevada, Clark County, and any city, town, corporation, individual, association, or partnership situated within Clark County, Nevada, for an appropriate charge, consideration, or exchange made therefor, when such supply is available or can be developed as an^ incident of or in connection with the primary functions and operations of the district. 15. To have the right to provide from revenues or other available funds an adequate depreciation fund for the replacement of parts of the works and properties of the district. Amended, Stats. 1951_______• SECTION 2. A proposal for the establishment of the Las Vegas valley water district may be instituted by a petition signed by at least five percent of the owners of real property within the proposed district as evidenced by the county assessor^ tax roll. The petition shall indicate the purposes, boundaries, divisions, and other pertinent information, and pray that the district be organized under the provisions^ of this act. Such petition shall first be presented to the board of county commission­ers of Clark County, accompanied with a good and sufficient bond, to be approved by the - 2 -